Hollywood Bullies Against Bullying?

[pollyannaish]

Newsbusters:

America was horrified by the story that erupted in the national news, that Rutgers college freshman Tyler Clementi threw himself off a bridge because his new roommate used a webcam to tape a homosexual encounter in which he’d engaged. Media outlets quickly dispatched their cavalry to find the experts to explain why America is a land of incessant bullying.

The if is no longer debatable. We’re on to the why.

This could have been a moment of national unity. Almost everyone can tell a story of being the target of bullying or mean-spirited ridicule about being too tall, too short, too fat, too skinny, too dumb, too smart, you name it. But others found this tragedy offered too rich a rhetorical opportunity. It was not a suicide to them. It was a murder.



Let's put aside that ridiculous “connecting the dots” charge for a second. Larry King should have been asked: Given that Kathy Griffin regularly takes to the stage and television to viciously attack other people, is she really the kind of personality that can plausibly pose as the guardian of empathy and the role model for anti-bullying behavior? This year, she made the rounds of talk shows laughing up the controversy she created when she said Sen. Scott Brown's daughters were “prostitutes.” One daughter, Arianna, is a freshman at Syracuse University – the same age as the boy who took his own life. Griffin's even wished violence on people. She recently told a Playgirl magazine writer “I’d like to push Sarah Palin down the stairs.” Now she’s CNN’s anti-bullying poster child.

[pollyannaish]

What ever happened to the concept of shame in our society? This is mind boggling.

[Casino67]

"Bullying" is the cause du jour.

[SrWoodchuck]

What ever happened to the concept of shame in our society? This is mind boggling.

Pollyannaish!

 

There is no shame when you're so certain that your own motives are right; and all others are wrong. A great empirical blindness that narrows your focus, and leaves a trail of broken bodies & dreams in that wake. The smug picture of Obama with his head tilted back, and a half smile........is the thousand words that describe it perfectly. It allows any action, absolves any crime and justifies any cost. They truly are the "...one's they've been waiting for...."

 

By the way, was Kathy Griffin posing for Playgirl?